News archive for 14th October 2016

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More data needed on transnational education in Africa - University World News South African university says vice-chancellor was assaulted - Mail South African gov relaxes rules on student visa extensions amid campus closures - PIE News Universities should take these three steps to cyber preparedness - Wonkhe Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 14 October 2016 - Pearson In the news: 14 October 2016 - UCU Teachers say support for their work with ASN pupils is declining - NASUWT EBacc aims cannot be met without investment in language teachers - NAHT Costs of education must be addressed in Child Poverty Bill - NASUWT 75% of Brits say foreign students aren’t immigrants - PIE News Axing A-level art history only amplifies class divides - The Conversation Northern Powerhouse secures first shared data centre for education and research - Jisc Urgent need to narrow the gender gap in African academia - University World News PhD programme empowers women in Sudan - A case study - University World News SNP promises EU students free tuition in Scotland after Brexit - Guardian SQA urged to ensure exams are 'watertight' after errors found in computer paper - Herald Scotland LRS: information for learners and parents - SFA LRS: privacy notices - SFA SFA: exceptional learning support - cost form - SFA Young people NEET: comparative data scorecard - DfE Exclusive: Wilshaw – 'I was wrong to dismiss teacher stress' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gove: 'Axing of art-history A level is not my fault' - Times Educational Supplement | TES In this week's TES Further: The college with a resident researcher - Times Educational Supplement | TES Neil Carmichael: 'Proper' work experience is 'vital' for young people - Times Educational Supplement | TES Autistic students need extra support in transition to college, report says - Times Educational Supplement | TES These teenage girls face sexual harassment every day in schools in Wales - Wales Online Course closed - BBC How to ace your first months at law school - Guardian All private training providers told current adult education contract will terminate next July - FE Week Case for crackdown on student immigration unravels - University World News How To Get Into Oxford: University Reveals Interview Questions - Huffington Post No fees for EU students starting 2017/18 courses in Scotland - BBC Board admits computing exam 'error' - BBC Supporting victims of sexual assault at university - University World News IITs plan to lure top foreign academics and students - University World News Criticism as Cairo University blocks religion disclosure - University World News Blended learning - From ancient Greece to the digital age - University World News Grammar pupils progress faster than their peers in non-selective schools, data shows - Telegraph Apprenticeship standards without assessment organisations should not be approved for delivery - FE Week Deal breaks impasse on masters students selection - University World News Oxbridge application deadline: last minute tips - Telegraph Could HE rankings be socially transformative? - University World News Are children born in the summer really at a big disadvantage? - Guardian Changes to academic contracts threaten free speech - University World News The 'infinite' benefits of internationalisation - University World News Third of teens ‘have been sent sexually explicit images’ - Scotsman Studying the empire: can history students avoid pitfalls of the past? - Guardian A guide to applying for primary and secondary schools in Wales - Wales Online Curbs on overseas students have made us a laughing stock - Times 157 Group to be renamed the Collab Group in ambitious new strategy - Times Educational Supplement | TES Half of secondary schools now oversubscribed, new analysis finds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Public opposes cutting number of foreign students – poll - PoliticsHome Private schools spend three times more on each pupil - Schools Week Academics petition education secretary over 48-hour research publication rule - Schools Week Watch for hidden costs when rebrokering, trust leaders warn - Schools Week Chief of trust under investigation attacks EFA - Schools Week 40% Of State School Teachers Never Advise Students To Apply To Oxbridge - Huffington Post Fast-track ECDL IT qualification pass rate soars by 350% - Schools Week Shadow education team has the right experience, says Labour - Schools Week MillionPlus comments on Universities UK international students poll - MillionPlus Hull College strike postponed following ‘positive talks’ - FE Week Employers more satisfied with private training providers than colleges - FE Week Lack of assessment organisations ‘disrespectful’ to apprentices - FE Week Disengaged middle-class children at risk of becoming 'zombie students' - Telegraph Management apprenticeships – solving the productivity puzzle - FE Week Brits Don't View Foreign Students As Immigrants, Survey Finds - Huffington Post Astronaut Tim Peake tells schoolchildren they are the generation that will one day travel to Mars - Wales Online I'm a researcher from the EU and Brexit has left me in limbo - Guardian Examiners admit to coding errors in computing exam - Herald Scotland Most Britons do not see foreign students as immigrants, survey shows - Guardian Why teaching graduates to be flexible is more important than worrying about jobs that don't yet exist - Guardian